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WELCOME TO THE REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2025.
CAN WE PLEASE HAVE STAFF CONDUCT THE ROLL CALL? COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ.
CAN WE PLEASE HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT SPANISH LANGUAGE INTERPRETATION SERVICES, PLEASE? GOOD AFTERNOON.
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THANK YOU.UH, TODAY WE WILL HAVE TWO AGENDAS, UH, ONE BEING THE CONSENT AGENDA AND THE OTHER BEING INDIVIDUAL ITEMS. ALL ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA WILL BE CONSIDERED AND DISCUSSED BY THE COMMISSIONERS, AND ONE ACTION WILL BE TAKEN.
UH, INDIVIDUAL ITEMS WILL BE HEARD INDIVIDUALLY.
ITEM 15, ITEM 16 AND 18 WILL BE INDIVIDUAL.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
AND COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ IS, UH, IN THE MEETING.
UH, COMMISSIONER BUSANTE IS LEAVING FOR RECUSAL PURPOSES FOR ITEMS 2, 3, 9, AND 12, AND I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANYBODY SIGN UP TO SPEAK.
SO ARE, DO THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY COMMENTS RELATED TO THE CONSENT AGENDA? I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE ALL ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SIEGEL.
UH, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MILAM.
CAN WE HAVE COMM COMMISSIONER BUS DEANTE REJOIN US, PLEASE.
COMMISSIONER BUS DEMANI HAS, UH,
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RETURNED.UH, FINAL ITEM TODAY IS ITEM NUMBER 18, THE BUDGET UPDATE.
I'M THE BUDGET DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, AND TODAY I WILL BE PRESENTING WITH MIKE SHANNON, WHO IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE CAP, NEWLY, UH, CREATED CAPITAL DELIVERY DEPARTMENT.
SO I'M GONNA PROVIDE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF OUR 2026 PROPOSED BUDGET, AND THEN MIKE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT OUR CAPITAL BUDGET AND ALSO THE NEWLY CREATED DEPARTMENT.
OUR TOTAL, UH, FISCAL YEAR 2026 PROPOSED BUDGET IS $4 BILLION, AND THIS REPRESENTS ABOUT A 2.2% INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR'S BUDGET.
NOW THE BUDGET IS BROKEN OUT INTO THREE MAJOR COMPONENTS, THE FIRST BEING OUR RESTRICTED FUNDS AT ABOUT $1.2 BILLION.
OUR RESTRICTED FUNDS ARE THOSE FUNDS THAT HAVE REVENUES THAT MUST BE, UH, USED ON A SPECIFIC PURPOSE.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, OUR SOLID WASTE FUND, UH, REVENUES GENERATED BY THAT FUND MUST BE USED FOR GARBAGE PICKUP, RECYCLING, AND BRUSH PICKUP.
ALSO, OUR AIRPORT IS ANOTHER, UH, RESTRICTED FUND AS WELL AS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
SO ALL THE REVENUES GENERATED BY
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THOSE FUNDS MUST BE USED FOR A SPECIFIC PURPOSE.THE SECOND, UH, COMPONENT IS OUR CAPITAL BUDGET AT $1.1 BILLION.
AND THIS FUNDS ARE LARGE CAPITAL PROJECTS TO INCLUDE THE 2022 BOND PROGRAM, AS WELL AS LIKE, UH, OUR LARGE, UH, CAPITAL PROJECTS BEING DONE AT THE AIRPORT.
AND FINALLY, THE GENERAL FUND AT $1.69 BILLION.
THIS REPRESENTS ABOUT A 1.6% INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR'S BUDGET.
AND THIS FUND'S THE CITY'S BASIC SERVICES.
SO THESE INCLUDES PUBLIC SAFETY, INFRASTRUCTURE PARKS, UH, CODE, AS WELL AS ANIMAL CARE SERVICES.
INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET IS OUR TOTAL CITY POSITIONS OF ABOUT 13,723.
THIS DOES REPRESENT A NET DECREASE IN CIVILIAN POSITIONS OF ABOUT 246 POSITIONS.
SO WE HAVE, UH, IN ORDER TO BALANCE THE BUDGET, UM, WE HAVE REDUCED ABOUT 68 POSITIONS IN THE, IN ACROSS THE DEPARTMENTS.
ADDITIONALLY, UH, WE HAVE TRANSFERRED 65, UH, AIRPORT AND PARK POLICE, VACANT AIRPORT PARK POLICE TO BECOME SAPD OFFICERS.
AND ALSO WE HAD ABOUT 121 GRANT POSITIONS THAT WERE REDUCED.
WE, IT DID INCREASE, UH, POLICE AS WELL AS FIRE POSITION COUNTS.
SO WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT AS WE DEVELOPED THE BUDGET.
SO WHEN WE, UH, PRESENTED OUR TRIAL BUDGET IN MAY AS WELL AS OUR, I'M SORRY, OUR TRIAL BUDGET IN JUNE, AS WELL AS OUR FIVE-YEAR FORECAST TO CITY COUNCIL, WE WERE FACING A DEFICIT.
OUR TRIAL BUDGET, WE WERE LOOKING AT A DEFICIT OF ABOUT $174 MILLION OVER TWO YEARS.
AND THIS IS JUST IN THE GENERAL FUND THAT, THAT I'M, UH, REFERENCING.
OVERALL, OUR REVENUES WERE, ARE STILL GROWING, BUT THEY'RE GROWING AT A MUCH SLOWER PACE.
AND OUR EXPENSE GROWTH IS OUTPACING, UH, THOSE REVENUE GROWTHS.
THIS IS NOT UNIQUE TO SAN ANTONIO.
WE ARE SEEING THIS ACROSS THE STATE AS WELL AS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
AND WE ALSO CONTINUE TO SEE UNCERTAINTY AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
UH, OUR, WE HAVE MANY PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES THAT ARE FUNDED THROUGH FEDERAL GRANTS, AS WELL AS SOME INFRASTRUCTURE THAT ARE FUNDED THROUGH FEDERAL GRANTS.
SO WE'RE WATCHING THESE CLOSELY, UH, TO SEE HOW THEY MAY IMPACT OUR, OUR INITIATIVES AND, UH, PROGRAMS. AND FINALLY, UH, THE LAST, UH, CHALLENGE THAT WE FACED WAS THE STATE LEGISLATURE.
SO THERE WERE CERTAIN BILLS THAT WERE PASSED THAT REDUCED OUR PROPERTY TAX AS WELL AS IMPACTED REVENUES OUTSIDE OF PROPERTY TAX TO INCLUDE OUR FOOD LICENSE AS WELL AS LIQUOR LICENSE.
SO AS WE WERE WORKING ON DEVELOPING THE 2026 BUDGET, THESE ARE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE FACED.
SO AS WE, UH, STARTED TO DEVELOP THE BUDGET, WE DEVELOPED A CLEAR STRATEGY THAT WAS GROUNDED IN PRIORITIES DEVELOPED BY CITY COUNCIL AS WELL AS OUR COMMUNITY.
SO OUR STRATEGY FOCUSED ON THREE CORE PRINCIPLES, PROTECTING ESSENTIAL AND MANDATED SERVICES, MINIMIZING IMPACT TO VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, AND AVOIDING LONG-TERM RISK DUE TO CHANGES IN THE BUDGET.
AS I MENTIONED AT THE TRIAL BUDGET, WHICH WAS PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL IN JUNE AT OUR GOAL SETTING SESSION, WE FACED A DEFICIT OF ABOUT $170 MILLION OVER TWO YEARS IN THE GENERAL FUND.
NOW, WE BALANCED, WE, WHEN WE, UH, WHEN THE CITY MANAGER PRO PROPOSED HIS BUDGET IN EARLY AUGUST, WE PROPOSED A BALANCED BUDGET FOR 2026, AS WELL AS A BALANCED PLAN FOR 2027.
AND WE DID THIS BY REDUCING SPENDING, LOOKING FOR WAYS TO, UH, REDUCE SPENDING ACROSS THE DEPARTMENTS THAT HAD MINIMAL IMPACT TO OUR SERVICES.
WE USED SAVINGS FROM COMPLETED PROJECT AND UNSPENT FUNDS.
WE MOVED ELIGIBLE PROJECTS THAT WERE FUNDED OUT OF OUR OPERATING FUNDS AND MOVED THEM INTO THE CAPITAL BUDGET.
WE IMPLEMENTED OUR CPS REVENUE POLICY, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE NEXT SLIDE.
AND WE ALSO LOOKED AT INCREASING FI FEES AND FINES TO, UH, TO ADD NEW REVENUES TO OUR GENERAL FUND.
SO THIS TABLE, UH, ILLUSTRATES THE IMPACT OF THOSE, UH, ACTIONS THAT WE TOOK DURING THE SUMMER TO BALANCE OUR BUDGET.
SO YOU CAN SEE OUR STARTING POINT WAS A DEFICIT OF ABOUT $172 MILLION OVER THE TWO YEARS.
WE DID EXPERIENCE A, UH, A, A REDUCED PROPERTY TAXES, WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT IN THE NEXT SLIDE.
BUT WE EXPERIENCED AN IRREGULAR DROP IN PROPERTY VALUES AS MORE RESIDENTS APPEAL THEIR TAXES, AS WELL AS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS.
SO WHEN WE PRESENTED THE TRIAL BUDGET AND, UH, COMPARED TO OUR PROPOSED BUDGET, OUR PROPERTY TAX DROPPED ABOUT $12 MILLION
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IN ABOUT TWO MONTHS.UM, OUR OFF SYSTEM SALES, SO CITY COUNCIL HAS IMPLEMENTED A POLICY FOR CPS WHERE WE HAVE OUR BASE CPS REVENUES AS WELL AS OFF SYSTEM REVENUES.
SO OFF SYSTEM REVENUES ARE THAT THOSE REVENUES OR, UM, THOSE REVENUES THAT WE RECEIVE AS CPS SELLS ENERGY TO THE MARKET.
SO THEY SELL TO ERCOT WHEN THEY HAVE GENERATED MORE CAPACITY THAN WHAT SAN ANTONIO NEEDS.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE CALL OUR OFF SYSTEM SALES.
SO THE CITY COUNCIL HAS SAID ANYTHING OVER $10 MILLION WILL BE RESERVED FOR FUTURE DISCUSSIONS WITH COUNCIL, BUT WE HAD PROJECTED ABOUT $69 MILLION IN OFF SYSTEM SALES OVER THOSE THREE YEARS THAT WE WOULD BE RESERVED FOR THAT POLICY DISCUSSION.
HOWEVER, AS WE SAW, WE WERE FACING THIS DEFICIT.
OUR, UH, PROPOSED BUDGET ASSUMES THAT WE KEEP, THE CITY KEEPS THO THOSE REVENUES RATHER THAN GIVING THEM BACK TO CPS.
WE, AS I MENTIONED, UH, WE HAD NEW AND ADJUSTED, UH, FEES AND FINES OF ABOUT $12 MILLION OVER TWO YEARS, AND LESS EXPENSE OF ABOUT $111 MILLION.
SO THAT'S WHAT I MENTIONED EARLIER.
WE TOOK A HARD LOOK AT SPENDING ACROSS DEPARTMENTS.
WE LOOKED AT AREAS WHERE WE JUST WEREN'T SPENDING, WE REDUCED BUDGETS.
WE LOOKED AT, UM, SERVICES THAT WOULD NOT HAVE A LARGE IMPACT TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO WE LOOKED AT ALL THE WAYS THAT WE COULD REDUCE SPENDING IN ORDER TO BALANCE THIS BUDGET.
SO WITH, WITH, UH, THE PROPOSED BUDGET, WE ARE BALANCED, AS I MENTIONED.
SO WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR PROPERTY TAXES.
SO WE RECEIVED OUR CERTIFIED ROLE IN JULY.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE TABLE, OUR BASE VALUE FOR 2026 IS LOWER THAN 2025.
OUR NEW VALUES ARE SLIGHTLY HIGHER.
HOWEVER, AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR REVENUE FOR PROPERTY TAX IS RELATIVELY FLAT.
OVER THE THREE YEARS, WE ARE NOT INCLUDING A PROPERTY TAX RATE INCREASE IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
OUR CITY, UH, RATE REMAINS AT THE 54.16 CENTS PER A HUNDRED DOLLARS IN VALUATION.
NOW, THE BUDGET DOES INCLUDE ABOUT $152 MILLION IN PROPERTY TAX RELIEF FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
THIS IS COMPRISED OF EXEMPTIONS TO INCLUDE OUR HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS, OUR OVER AGE 65 EXEMPTIONS, UH, DISABLED PERSON'S EXEMPTION, AS WELL AS CHILDCARE FACILITIES.
AND IT ALSO INCLUDES THE OVERAGE 65 TAX FREEZE THAT WAS, UM, UH, APPROVED BY, BY THE RESIDENTS.
SO WANTED TO MOVE ON TO SOME OF THE INVESTMENTS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN OUR 2026 BUDGET.
SO EVERY YEAR, UH, WE WORK WITH CITY COUNCIL AS WELL AS OUR COMMUNITY TO DEVELOP THE PRIORITIES FOR THE UPCOMING BUDGET.
SO THIS YEAR, AS WE HAVE DONE THE PAST TWO YEARS, WE DID A STATISTICALLY VALID SURVEY OF OUR RESIDENTS AS WELL AS HOLDING A GOAL SETTING SESSION WITH CITY COUNCIL TO DEVELOP THOSE PRIORITIES.
AND FROM THOSE TWO, UH, SURVEYS AND THE GOAL SETTING SESSION, WE IDENTIFIED THE FOLLOWING BUDGET PRIORITIES, WHICH INCLUDE HOMELESSNESS, INFRASTRUCTURE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, PUBLIC SAFETY, ANIMAL CARE SERVICE, AND CITY EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION.
SO I WANTED TO START WITH HOMELESS SERVICES BECAUSE WE SAW THAT AS A PRIORITY FOR BOTH CITY COUNCIL AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY.
SO THE BUDGET ESTABLISHES A NEW HOMELESS SERVICES AND STRATEGY DEPARTMENT LEVERAGING EXISTING CITY RESOURCES.
THIS OFFICE WILL BE LED FOR OUR CHIEF HOUSING OFFICER.
WE HAVE ABOUT $30.5 MILLION IN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOR HOMELESS SERVICES.
SO THIS INCLUDES OUTREACH, IT INCLUDES HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT, UM, IT INCLUDES A LOW BARRIER, UH, SHELTER.
SO, AS YOU MAY RECALL, WE HAVE FUNDED A LOW BARRIER SHELTER FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS THROUGH ARPA FUNDING.
THIS BUDGET CONTINUES FUNDING FOR THAT ABOUT $4.8 MILLION, AND IT CONTINUES FUNDING FOR ONE YEAR AS WE DEVELOP LONG-TERM, A LONG-TERM SHELTER PLAN IN COLLABORATION WITH NON PARTNERS, UH, FOR CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERATION NEXT SUMMER.
ADDITIONALLY, UH, WE ARE INCREASING THE FREQUENCY OF OUR ABATEMENTS.
UM, WE ARE ANTICIPATING TO DO ABOUT 1300 ABATEMENTS THIS SH AND IN FISCAL YEAR 2026.
OUR NEXT IS OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
UH, MIKE WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS, BUT THIS PROPOSED BUDGET SPLITS THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENTS INTO TWO.
SO WE HAVE OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT BE FOCUSED ON MAINTAINING INFRASTRUCTURE TO INCLUDE STREETS, SIDEWALKS, DRAINAGE, AND TRAFFIC SIG SYSTEMS. AND OUR CAPITAL DELIVERY DEPARTMENT WILL BE, UH, FOCUSED ON DELIVERING THOSE PROJECTS.
INCLUDED IN THIS BUDGET IS ABOUT 500,000 TO REVAMP THE STREET MAINTENANCE PROGRAM USING DATA-DRIVEN STRATEGIES
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AND BEST PRACTICE SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE LONG-TERM RESULTS IN OUR STREET MAINTENANCE PROGRAM.SO INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET FOR STREET MAINTENANCE IS ABOUT $122 MILLION.
THIS FUNDING REMAINS FLAT AS COMPARED TO 2020, UH, 2025.
WITH THIS FUNDING, WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO DO OVER 1400 PROJECTS AND MAINTAIN OVER 400 MILES OF STREETS.
ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE, UH, $17 MILLION FOR SIDEWALK INVESTMENT.
THIS WILL PROVIDE, UH, CONSTRUCTION FUNDING FOR 21 MILES OF NEW SIDEWALK AND 11 MILES OF SIDEWALK REPAIRS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS ANOTHER, UH, PRIORITY OF BOTH THE COMMUNITY AND CITY COUNCIL.
THE BUDGET INCLUDES ABOUT $30.4 MILLION IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND OPERATING, SO GENERAL FUND AS WELL AS GRANTS.
THE, AND THE BUDGET CONTINUES IMPLEMENTA IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
THE, OUR SHIP GOAL, UH, IS TO PRODUCE ABOUT 31, I'M SORRY, 28,000 HOMES BY 2031.
AND WE ARE ESTIMATED BY THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 2026 TO HAVE ABOUT 13,000 ANTICIPATED TO BE CONSTRUCTED UNDER CONSTRUCTED OR IN THE PIPELINE.
AND THIS REPRESENTS ABOUT 47% OF THAT GOAL.
OTHER INITIATIVES THAT ARE INCLUDED, UH, WE ARE CONTINUING THE FUNDING FOR OUR RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, AS WELL AS OUR MAJOR AND MINOR REPAIR PROGRAM.
NOW, MOVING INTO PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, SO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS ABOUT 630, UH, ALMOST $631 MILLION IN, IN THE GENERAL FUND.
THE BUDGET INCLUDES 53 NEW POLICE OFFICERS.
SO 28 ARE INCLUDED FOR A NEW SUBSTATION THAT IS BEING BUILT IN DISTRICT THREE AT SOUTH FLORIDA SUBSTATION AND 25 FOR CITYWIDE ACTIVE PATROL.
SO A COUPLE YEARS AGO, CITY COUNCIL, UH, ADOPTED A PLAN TO GET TO A GOAL OF 60% PROACTIVE TIME AND 40% REACTIVE TIME.
SO WHAT THIS MEANS IS THAT WHEN A PATROL OFFICER IS, IS ON DUTY, 60% OF HIS TIME IS PROACTIVE WORK AND 40% IS ACTUALLY RESPONDING TO CALLS.
'CAUSE RIGHT NOW THAT IS FLIPPED.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT 40% PROACTIVE AND 60% REACTIVE.
WE NEEDED TO, WE, IN ORDER TO FLIP THAT GOAL, WE NEED TO ADD ABOUT 360 OFFICERS OVER FIVE YEARS.
WITH THE 2026 BUDGET, WE WILL HAVE ADDED 190 OF THOSE OFFICERS.
UH, WE ARE ALL, UH, UH, REORGANIZING 65 VACANT PARK AND AIRPORT POLICE, AND THEY WILL BECOME, THEY'LL BECOME SAPD UNIFORMED OFFICERS.
AND AS A RESULT OF THESE NEW POSITIONS THAT ARE COMING ONLINE IN 2026, WE WILL BE HOLDING SIX ACADEMY CLASSES AND HOPING TO, UH, GRADUATE ABOUT 270 GRADUATES.
NOW, THIS INCLUDES FILLING THE POSITION, THE NEW POSITIONS, AS WELL AS ATTRITION AS, AS PEOPLE RETIRE FOR FIRE.
THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET IS ABOUT $428 MILLION.
THIS BUDGET INCLUDES 12 NEW FIREFIGHTERS TO ADD SQUAD UNITS AT TWO OF OUR BUSIEST STATIONS, UH, TO INCLUDE FIRE STATION 10 AND 21.
IT ALSO INCLUDES $1.4 MILLION FOR A NEEDS ASSESSMENT THAT WILL FOCUS ON, UH, STAFFING EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES.
AND THEN 291,000 IS INCLUDED FOR DRONES THAT WILL PROVIDE A SITUATIONAL AWARENESS MAP, FIRE PERIMETER, AND IDENTIFICATION OF HOTSPOTS DURING FIRES.
AND MY LAST SLIDE, UH, IS ANIMAL CARE SERVICES.
SO OUR ANIMAL CARE SERVICE BUDGET IS ABOUT 33.
ANIMAL CARE SERVICES WILL CONTINUE TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH EDUCATION AND ENFORCEMENT, WHILE FOCUSING ON POSITIVE OUTCOMES, UH, FOR ANIMALS.
SO THERE ARE SEVERAL INITIATIVES THAT WE'VE BEEN FUNDING OVER THE PAST, UH, SEVERAL YEARS.
UH, ONE OF THE, THE MAIN ONES IS OUR RESPONSE TO CRITICAL CALLS.
SO TWO YEARS AGO, WE WERE RESPONDING TO ABOUT FOUR OUT OF EVERY 10 CRITICAL CALLS THAT WERE MADE.
SO WE GET ABOUT 50,000 CRITICAL CALLS EACH YEAR.
AT THAT TIME, WE WERE SPENDING, UH, RESPONDING TO ABOUT FOUR OUT OF THE 10.
WE'VE BEEN ADDING RESOURCES OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS TO INCREASE THAT CALL RATE 'CAUSE COUNCIL, UH, DIRECTED STAFF TO GET TO A HUNDRED PERCENT.
SO WE'VE ADDED RESOURCES BY, UH, THE SEC, BY THE, UM, BY 2026, WE WILL BE AT A HUNDRED PERCENT IN THE LAST QUARTER.
ANOTHER, UH, INITIATIVE THAT WE HAVE BEEN FOCUSED ON IS OUR SPAY NEUTER SURGERIES.
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ADDED TWO SPAY NEUTER SURGERY CLINICS, ONE ON THE WEST SIDE, ONE ON THE EAST SIDE.AND AS A RESULT, WE ARE ANTICIPATING OVER 41,000 SPAY NEUTER SURGERIES BETWEEN THE CITY, WHAT THE CITY CAN PROVIDE, AS WELL AS OUR PARTNERS.
AND THAT CONCLUDES, UH, SOME OF OUR INITIATIVES THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE 2026 BUDGET.
AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO, UH, MIKE SHANNON FOR THE CAPITAL.
UM, AGAIN, I'M MIKE SHANNON, UH, DIRECTOR NOW OF OUR CAPITAL DELIVERY DEPARTMENT.
IT'S A NEW DEPARTMENT THAT'S BEEN CREATED, UH, THIS FISCAL YEAR, UH, TO ADDRESS, UH, SOME, UH, NEW FOCUS ON A LOT OF THE CAPITAL WORK THAT WE HAVE GOING AROUND, UM, THE CITY.
SO I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.
SO, UH, AS JUSTINA MENTIONED, UH, WE HAVE NOW TWO DEPARTMENTS.
UH, THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE, UH, HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE WHERE WE HAVE HAD TWO, UH, DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS WORKING ON PUBLIC WORKS, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE, AND A LOT OF THE, UM, THOUSANDS OF MILES OF STREETS THAT WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN AND DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, SIDEWALKS, ET CETERA, TRAFFIC LIGHTS.
UM, BUT, UH, WE'RE CREATING THE CAPITAL DELIVERY DEPARTMENT, UH, WITH, UM, ABOUT 188 OF THE EXISTING POSITIONS THAT ARE IN PUBLIC WORKS.
WE'LL MOVE TO THIS DEPARTMENT, AND WE REALLY WILL BE FOCUSED ON OUR BOND WORK, RIGHT? UH, EVERY FIVE YEARS OR SO, UH, WE ASKED THE VOTERS TO APPROVE LARGE SCALE PROJECTS IN A WIDE VARIETY OF CITY INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS, STREETS, DRAINAGE, UH, CITY FACILITIES, LIBRARIES, FIRE STATIONS, ET CETERA.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THE LAST ONE IN 2022 WAS THE LARGEST WE'VE EVER HAD AT 1.2 BILLION.
UM, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE CITY'S GROWING, UH, FASTER AND BIGGER EVERY DAY.
MORE PEOPLE ARE MOVING HERE, MORE ROADS ARE BEING BUILT.
UH, THE ONES THAT WE HAVE ARE NEED MORE MAINTENANCE.
UH, SO THE, THE IDEA HERE IS, UH, FOR OUR DEPARTMENT OF CAPITAL DELIVERY TO FOCUS ON THOSE LARGE SCALE, UH, PROJECTS AND, AND REALLY MAKING SURE THEY'RE DONE ON TIME WITHIN BUDGET, UM, UH, WITH SOME ADDITIONAL COMMUNICATION OUT TO RESIDENTS AND OUR STAKEHOLDERS AND OUR BUSINESSES.
UM, AND ALSO PLAN FOR FUTURE BONDS.
AND NOW OUR PUBLIC WORKS WILL STILL HAVE ALMOST 700, UH, EMPLOYEES THAT ARE OUT THERE MAINTAINING OUR EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, DAILY.
AND, UH, BY SPLITTING THEM APART, THE IDEA IS THAT EACH TEAM WILL BE ABLE TO FOCUS A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THEIR SIDE OF, UH, THE PROJECTS.
AND, UH, BUT, UH, I WILL TELL YOU, THERE'S, THERE'LL BE A LOT OF COLLABORATION.
I'VE BEEN, UH, ASSIGNED OVER TO THIS NEW DEPARTMENT NOW FOR JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND, UH, WORKING WITH OUR EXISTING TEAM.
AND, UH, SO THERE'S A LOT OF WORK, A LOT OF EXCITEMENT ABOUT, UH, THIS CHANGE.
UH, BUT THE IDEA IS TO DO THINGS A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFICIENTLY AND BETTER MOVING FORWARD.
UH, SO AGAIN, THIS WAS THE PRIORITIES THAT I TALKED TO OUR MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL ABOUT, UH, AND THEIR CITY MANAGER, UH, FOR OUR CAPITAL DELIVERY.
UM, REALLY ON TIME AND WITHIN BUDGET, WE JUST HAVE TO SPEND OUR CITY'S TAX, UH, DOLLARS.
UH, AND THOSE BOND DOLLARS, UM, WISELY.
THERE'S MORE AND MORE PROJECTS.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE MORE AND MORE DIFFICULT.
UH, THEY'RE MORE AND MORE COMPLEX.
SO A LITTLE BIT MORE FOCUSED ON, ON TIME AND WITHIN BUDGET.
MOST OF THEM ARE, ARE FALL IN THAT CATEGORY, BUT WE'VE HAD SOME THAT HAVE NOT, UH, FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS.
SO, UH, THAT'LL BE OUR NUMBER, LIKE ONE A PRIORITY ONE B HAS TO BE COMMUNICATING TO STAKEHOLDERS.
SO THOSE OF YOU IN NEIGHBORHOODS AND OR ON BUSINESS CORRIDORS, CONSTRUCTION AFFECTS ALL OF US.
AND, UM, WE DO A LOT OF COMMUNICATION NOW, BUT REALLY THE DEMAND IS WE NEED TO DO MORE.
THE STANDARD NEEDS TO BE OVER COMMUNICATION, NOT JUST COMMUNICATION.
IT HAS TO BE OFTEN EARLY AND OFTEN AS THAT CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS CHANGE.
AND, UM, SO, UH, THAT'LL BE A, A KEY FOCUS.
UH, CERTAINLY IMPROVE SOME PROJECT, UH, ESTIMATING TOOLS THAT WE HAVE.
THAT'S USUALLY AT THE START OF A PROJECT, RIGHT? IF WE'RE GONNA ESTIMATE THE TIME, ESPECIALLY THE, THE DOLLARS, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME IMPROVEMENTS I THINK WE CAN DO THERE.
AND THEN, UH, WE HAVE SOME STRATEGIES LISTED THERE.
BUT, UH, SOME OF THOSE, UH, AGAIN, THE REORG, UM, YOU'RE ALREADY, ALREADY WORKING ON A NEW COMMUNICATION PLAN.
I'LL WORK WITH OUR CITY, UH, LEADERSHIP, UM, OUR, OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, OUR CITY LEADERSHIP AT THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
UH, BUT WE'RE ALREADY GOING OUT TO COMMUNITIES AND, AND I'M TALKING TO BUSINESS OWNERS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S WORKING WELL, BUT REALLY WHAT'S NOT WORKING WELL AND HOW WE CAN ADDRESS THOSE, UH, ON OUR PROJECTS MOVING FORWARD.
UH, HERE'S OUR PROPOSED BUDGET FOR OUR CAPITAL DEPARTMENT.
UM, AND ABOUT 200, UH, 21 OF THAT, ALMOST 2 22 OF THAT IS ACTUALLY THE CAPITAL DOLLARS GOING TOWARDS THE PROJECTS THAT WE'LL BE WORKING ON THIS YEAR.
UH, YOU SEE IS, IS OUR OPERATING COST FOR THE 188, UH, STAFF.
IT'S BROKEN UP THERE INTO OUR DRAINAGE PROJECTS, PARKS, PROJECTS, UM, MUNICIPAL FACILITIES, RIGHT, THE STREETS, UH, AND THEN WE HAVE VERTICAL PROJECT DELIVERY AND OUR SUPPORT SERVICES.
SO, UH, THAT ALIGNS WITH OUR BOND PROJECTS, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT, UM, ON THE NEXT SLIDE OR TWO.
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ABOUT $250 MILLION IS THE CAPITAL DEPARTMENT WILL BE, WILL BE DELIVERING, UH, WORKING ON THOSE PROJECTS, DESIGN, GETTING CONSTRUCTION STARTED, FINISHING THEM OFF.BUT TAKE A STEP BACK, THERE'S OVER $1.1 BILLION WORTH OF CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT THE CITY, UH, IS WORKING ON THIS YEAR.
SO OUT OF THAT $4 BILLION BUDGET THAT JUSTINA TALKED ABOUT, 1.1 BILLION IS CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION DOLLARS OR CAPITAL DOLLARS.
THE LARGEST ONE, UH, IS THE AIRPORT.
OF COURSE, YOU'VE ALL HEARD ABOUT THE AIRPORT TERMINAL EXPANSION.
UH, BUT OVER 600 MILLION OF THAT, OF THIS YEAR IS REALLY TOWARDS THAT.
THE CONSTRUCTION IS STARTING, UH, A LOT OF DOLLARS WILL GO TO THAT, UH, SO THAT WE CAN HIT THOSE DEADLINES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS.
UH, BUT STREETS AND CITY FACILITIES AND DRAINAGE, THE HOUSING BOND, YOU REMEMBER THE HOUSING BOND, UH, IN 2200 $50 MILLION.
UH, UH, OUR LARGEST, UH, UM, UH, HOUSING BOND IN, UH, UM, WAS, UH, WAS IN THE 22.
SO 39 MILLION OF THAT WILL BE SPENT THIS YEAR WORKING ON THOSE, UH, TECHNOLOGIES.
SOME IT STUFF AND PARKS, BUT THAT'S JUST AN IDEA OF HOW IT'S ALL SPLIT UP.
UH, BUT REALLY A LOT OF CAPITAL MONEY IN THE BUDGET THIS YEAR, IMPROVING AND WORKING ON ALL THOSE, UH, CITY INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS AND IMPORTANT PROJECTS.
JUST TO RESET YOU, I TALKED ABOUT THE 22 BOND PROGRAM.
REMEMBER THAT WAS 1.2 BILLION.
IF YOU GO BACK TO 2007, REMEMBER WE WERE DOING $500 MILLION BONDS, AND THEN IT WENT TO LIKE 800 MILLION A COUPLE TIMES, AND THEN $1.2 BILLION.
SO BIGGER AND MORE, MORE PROJECTS, MORE COMPLEX.
UM, AND YOU SEE HOW THE, THE, THE, THE SIX, UH, AREAS THAT WE, UH, WE HAD VOTES ON, UH, AND HOW IT'S ALL BROKEN UP, BUT A LOT OF STREET WORK, BRIDGES, SIDEWALKS, OF COURSE, UH, DRAINAGE, PARKS, RECREATION, AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AGAIN, THAT WAS THE ONE 50, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITIES, OF COURSE, UH, WHETHER THAT'S ANIMAL, UH, CONTROL, UH, FIRE STATIONS, UH, PUBLIC, UH, I THINK THE POLICE STATIONS WE TALKED ABOUT.
AND THEN LIBRARIES AND CULTURAL FACILITIES.
BUT 187 PROJECTS WERE APPROVED IN THAT BOND A FEW YEARS AGO.
WE DO TRACK, UH, OUR BOND PROGRESS.
AND, UH, WHAT, WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS, UM, ABOUT, UH, JUST UNDER HALF OUR, UH, COMPLETE OR UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AND THAT WAS AS OF JULY.
IT'LL GROW TO, UH, 65% HERE IN THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO.
UM, BUT WHAT, WHAT HAPPENS IN ANY FIVE YEAR PERIOD? THE FIRST PART OF THAT BOND CYCLE IS EITHER PURCHASING LAND, BUT A LOT OF DESIGN, RIGHT? THE FIRST YEAR OR TWO IS A LOT OF DESIGN WORK ON THESE PROJECTS.
WE START TRANSITIONING IN THAT THIRD AND FOURTH YEAR TO GET SOME OF THE SMALLER PROJECTS COMPLETE.
THE LARGER PROJECTS ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
AS WE WORK TOWARDS THAT, USUALLY FIFTH AND FINAL YEAR, MOST OF THE PROJECTS ARE BUILT, SOME BLEED OVER, FOR EXAMPLE, WE DO HAVE A FEW OF THE 2017 BOND PROJECTS THAT ARE STILL UNDERWAY.
UH, THOSE ARE LARGER, MORE COMPLICATED, UH, MAYBE HAD SOME HICCUPS, UH, BUT THAT'S HOW IT TYPICALLY WORKS.
BUT WE DO TRACK AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK ON AS HOW WE CAN GET THESE DONE, NOT ONLY ON TIME, BUT HOW, HOW WE CAN DONE QUICKER, RIGHT? AND I THINK THAT'LL, UM, CERTAINLY BUILD MORE TRUST AS WE GO INTO THE NEXT BOND, UH, CYCLE.
UH, I DID SHARE WITH, UH, THE COUNCIL, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, JUST SHARE WITH YOU, UH, JUST SOME, THERE'S A HANDFUL OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'LL SEE THAT'LL, UH, START CONSTRUCTION THIS YEAR.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE LIST THERE.
I TRIED TO PICK SOME FROM EACH OF THE COUNCIL DISTRICTS.
I MEAN, ALL THESE PROJECTS, THEY'RE ALL OVER TOWN.
UH, AGAIN, THIS IS ONLY A SAMPLING OF THEM, BUT, UH, THERE'S, THE POLICE SUBSTATION IS A VERY, UM, IMPORTANT PIECE TO SOME OF THOSE PUBLIC SAFETY GOALS.
SO WE'LL START THE CONSTRUCTION OF THAT.
UH, I MENTIONED THE A CS, IT'S NOT ON HERE, BUT THEY'RE, UH, BUILDING A NEW VET HOSPITAL TO REALLY IMPROVE THE SERVICES THAT OUR A CS, UH, TEAM, ANIMAL CARES TEAM CAN, UH, PROVIDE TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO THAT'S A BIG PRIORITY, BUT A LOT OF DRAINAGE WORK, PARKS WORKS YOU SEE HERE.
SO GETTING THOSE, UH, UNDERWAY UNDER CONSTRUCTION, UH, IS CRITICAL.
AND THEN, UH, SOME WILL GO LIVE THIS YEAR.
WE'LL FINISH THE CONSTRUCTION THIS, THIS UPCOMING YEAR.
AND AGAIN, SIMILARLY, JUST A FEW EXAMPLES OF THEM.
SOME PARK WORK, UH, SOME WORK AT THE ZOO.
UH, PED MOBILITY, PEDESTRIAN MOBILITY, A LOT OF SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS.
UH, I WAS AT A MEETING LAST NIGHT TALKING ABOUT THE OPI PARK PROJECT, UH, EXPANSION OF A PRETTY COOL BIKE PARK, UH, THAT'S HAPPENING OVER THERE.
SO SOME OF THOSE WILL COME ONLINE THIS YEAR.
AND THAT'S OUR JOB IS TO, UH, NOT ONLY DESIGN THEM, WELL GET 'EM GOING UNDER CONSTRUCTION, BUT DELIVER THEM, UH, TO THE COMMUNITY, UH, THESE IMPORTANT PROJECTS.
SO ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT, UH, WE DID DISCUSS AND IS UNDER DISCUSSION, JUST TO LET YOU ALL KNOW.
SO, UH, IF YOU PAY ATTENTION TO THIS, UH, WE, WE'VE BEEN ON A FIVE YEAR CYCLE FOR BOND, UH, VOTES AND BOND PACKAGES FOR SINCE 20, FOR SINCE 2007, RIGHT? TWO 2007.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S BEING DISCUSSED RIGHT NOW WITH OUR MAYOR AND COUNCIL AT THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE IS, UH, MOVING THAT UP TO 2026 AND MAYBE LOOKING AT FOUR YEAR BOND CYCLES.
UH, THERE'S SOME, UH, THERE'S SOME BENEFITS TO THAT.
THERE'S, UH, PROBABLY SOME CONS TO THAT TOO, BUT THAT'S IN DISCUSSION.
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SO, UH, FOR A LOT OF US THAT MAY HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT MAYBE MAY, 2027, UH, WE'RE NOW ACTUALLY THINKING OF WHAT WE COULD POSSIBLY DO IN MAY OF 26 OR, OR NOVEMBER OF 26, HAVING A VOTE EARLIER.UH, SO THE TEAM IS ALREADY WORKING ON THAT.
THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT WE HAVE TO DO.
PROJECT DEVELOPMENT, IDENTIFYING NEEDS.
WE KNOW OF A LOT OF PROJECTS ALREADY THAT ARE THE NEXT PHASES OF SOME OF OUR PROJECTS.
SOME, SOME PROJECTS, LIKE SOME OF OUR DRAINAGE PROJECTS HAVE, YOU KNOW, A HANDFUL OR HALF A DOZEN, UH, PHASES.
AND WE'RE ONLY ON PHASE THREE.
WE'RE WORKING ON IT FOR 10 YEARS.
UH, BUT OTHERS, WE HAVE SOME NEW, UH, NEEDS THAT WILL, WE WILL IDENTIFY AT THE STAFFING LEVEL OR WITH DEPARTMENTS.
UH, WE'LL WORK THROUGH THAT WITH THE CITY COUNCIL.
THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITY INPUT, IF YOU ANYBODY, UH, REMEMBERS THE COMMUNITY BOND COMMITTEES.
UH, THOSE ARE, UH, IMPORTANT PART.
WE NEED THE COMMUNITY'S INPUT AS WE WRESTLE, WHICH ONES, UH, THAT WE PUT OUT, UH, TO CITY COUNCIL TO PUT ON THE LIST FOR VOTE.
AND THEN PROJECT APPROVAL HAS TO HAPPEN A COUPLE MONTHS BEFORE A CALL, UH, A CALL FOR A VOTE.
EACH ONE OF THOSE TAKES A FEW MONTHS, UH, ONE, ONE TO THREE MONTHS.
SO HITTING A, HITTING A MAY, UH, 2026 WOULD BE VERY CHALLENGING, BUT POSSIBLE, UH, MAYBE IN NOVEMBER, A LITTLE BIT MORE DOABLE.
UH, BUT THAT'S THE CONVERSATION THAT'S HAPPENING AT THE CITY LEADERSHIP LEVEL AND OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS.
SO AGAIN, THERE'S OUR DEPARTMENT SUMMARY, UH, FOR OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS.
WE JUST HAVE TO KEEP WORKING HARD TO, UH, GET THESE PROJECTS ON, YOU KNOW, DONE ON TIME, DELIVERED ON TIME, WITHIN OUR BUDGET.
UM, AND THEN THAT OVER COMMUNICATION IS REALLY KEY WITH INCLU, WITH, WITH, UH, WITH IMPROVED, UH, COST ESTIMATING.
NOW, I'M NOT GONNA HAND IT BACK TO JUSTINA, 'CAUSE I THINK I CAN HANDLE THIS.
UH, NEXT STEPS IN THE BUDGET PROCESS FOR THE CITY IS, UH, THE AUGUST.
THERE'S WHAT WE'VE ALREADY DONE, UH, BUT WE'RE FINISHING UP OUR WORK SESSIONS.
IS ONE GOING ON RIGHT NOW? I KNOW JUSTINA'S GONNA RUN, UH, TO, TO HELP WITH THAT.
UH, THERE'S A COUPLE BUDGET, UH, RATE HEARINGS, BUT NEXT WEEK, NEXT THURSDAY, CITY COUNCIL, AND THERE'LL BE A FEW MORE MEETINGS IN BETWEEN.
UH, THEY'LL, UH, LOOK TO ADOPT THE, THE FY 26 BUDGET.
AND THEN OCTOBER ONE IS OUR NEW FISCAL YEAR.
SO I THINK THAT'S MY LAST SLIDE.
BUT BEFORE I HAND IT BACK TO YOU, UH, MR. CHAIRMAN, UH, I DO WANT TO SAY THIS, CHANGE THIS CHANGE FOR ME AND, AND OUR DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND CAPITAL HAPPENED VERY QUICKLY.
SO I DID NOT GET TO SAY THANK YOU PERSONALLY TO THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO.
UM, UH, BEING A BOARD, UH, A COMMISSIONER ON ONE OF OUR BOARDS, YOU, YOU, YOU GIVE US A LOT OF TIME, ENERGY, EFFORT, AND, UH, STAFF, WE, WE KNOW IT.
UH, I KNOW IT AS DIRECTOR, AS A FORMER DIRECTOR.
AND, UH, I PROBABLY DIDN'T SAY IT ENOUGH, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR THE CITY.
UH, IT'S CRITICAL TO THE WORK THAT WE DO HERE TO MAKE OUR CITY BETTER EVERY DAY.
SO I WILL JUST SAY THANK YOU ON THE RECORD, AND, UH, REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU.
THANK YOU, MIKE, AND CONGRATULATIONS.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE CITY.
I KNOW YOU SPEARHEADED SOME OTHER EFFORTS WITH A CS AS WELL, SO, UM, ALL THE WORK THE STAFF DOES HERE IS MUCH APPRECIATED.
SO, UM, DO WE HAVE ANY COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS? I'LL, I'LL JUST OPEN IT UP IF YOU HAVE ANY.
UM, THANKS FOR BOTH OF YOU FOR THE PRESENTATIONS.
UM, UH, I BELIEVE IT'S A LOT OF WORK TO PUT ALL THOSE TOGETHER.
UH, ANY POTENTIAL, UH, FUNDING OR INCREASE IN THE MEDICAL, UH, UH, SERVICES.
AND, UH, WE HAD THIS ALSO THE FLOODING THINGS THAT HAPPENED TO THE CITY.
HAVE THERE ANY ALSO FUNDING TOWARDS MITIGATION TOWARD THAT? AND THE LAST QUESTION, IF FEDERAL FUNDING THAT HAVE BEEN USED TO SUPPLEMENT SOME OF THE PROJECT THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, AND LATER YOU FIND THAT THE FEDERAL FUNDING IS NOT COMING, HOW YOU FILL IN THIS GAP.
UM, I'LL TACKLE THE, THE DRAINAGE.
CERTAINLY DRAINAGE IS ONE OF OUR TOP PRIOR.
IT HAS BEEN CERTAINLY, UM, WITH SOME OF THE RECENT EVENTS LOCALLY AND, UH, JUST AROUND, UH, THE REGION, UH, SOME OF THE TRAGEDIES.
SO IT, IT REMAINS A SIGNIFICANT PRIORITY.
THE MONEY THAT'S IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, UH, ALLOCATED TO OUR DRAINAGE MAINTENANCE AND OUR PROJECTS THAT ARE ON THE LIST, UM, THAT THAT IS STILL THERE.
UH, IT'LL BE A HEAVY PRIORITY ON OUR NEXT BOND.
THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS POSSIBLY MOVING THE BOND TO 26 AND NOT WAITING TO 27.
UH, AND WE ARE LOOKING FOR, UH, NOT ONLY STATE, BUT FEDERAL HELP, UH, WITH SOME OF THE FUNDING, UH, DRAINAGE REPAIRS AND, UM, PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE ON OUR LIST.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, I'LL JUST TELL YOU, I WAS WORKING ON A PROJECT, UH, WHERE WE HAVE SUBMITTED TO THE STATE REQUEST.
WE, WE SUBMITTED 50 DRAINAGE PROJECTS THAT WE, WE, UH, WE WANTED SOME HELP FUNDING WITH.
UH, THEY GOT SOME SCORES, I THINK 14, UH, ARE POTENTIALS OUTTA THAT 50.
SO WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR MONEY AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL FOR THAT.
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REMAIN A TOP PRIORITY, UH, AT FROM THE MAYOR, THE COUNCIL, AND OUR CITY LEADERSHIP.UM, SO I THINK, I THINK THE ANSWER IS, UH, WE'RE LOOKING FOR ALL THE MONEY WE CAN TO DO AS MUCH DRAINAGE WORK THAT WE CAN, BUT WE HAVE ABOUT A $4 BILLION, UH, DRAINAGE NEED.
IF YOU, IF YOU TAKE ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE THINK WE NEED WITH ALL THE FLOODPLAIN, UH, AND, AND NEW INTENSITY LEVELS AND EXISTING HOMES AND BUILDINGS IN THAT, UH, IT'S ABOUT $4 BILLION WORTH OF NEED.
UH, SO WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR, UH, MONEY TO DO IT.
AND, UH, AND I THINK THAT'S WHY YOU'LL SEE ALWAYS A LOT OF DRAINAGE PROJECTS ON OUR LIST EACH AND EVERY YEAR.
SO, UM, YOUR LAST QUESTION, REPEAT WAS IN THE MEDICAL, MEDICAL CONSERVATIVE.
ARE, UM, ARE YOU, JUST TO CLARIFY FOR FIREFIGHTERS, LIKE MEDICAL RESPONSE, MEDICAL SERVICES, WE ARE GROWING AS A CITY, AS YOU MENTIONED, WE ARE INCREASING, SO THERE'S DEFINITELY AN INCREASE OF MEDICAL SERVICES EXPANSIONS.
UH, SO I DIDN'T SEE THAT IN THE BUDGET.
SO WE, SO THE CITY PROVIDES EMS SERVICES, SO EMERGENCY MEDICAL RESPONSE SERVICES, THOSE ARE FUNDED THROUGH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
UH, MOST OF THEIR CALLS ARE MEDICAL SERVICE CALLS.
UH, WE ARE ADDING TWO SQUAD UNITS, UM, AND THE SQUAD UNITS ARE AT, ARE AT TWO OF OUR BUSIEST STATIONS MEDICAL, UH, THAT RECEIVE MORE, MORE OF THE MEDICAL CALLS.
SO WHAT SQUAD UNITS DO IS THEY ALLOW A SMALLER UNIT TO GO OUT TO RESPOND TO THOSE MEDICAL CALLS THAT MAY NOT BE AS, AS BIG, OR THEY CAN BE HANDLED ON A, ON A SMALLER SCALE, LEAVING THE, OUR LARGE APPARATUS, LIKE THE ACTUAL EMS TRANSPORT UNIT OR OUR FIRE ENGINES TO RESPOND TO THOSE LARGER MEDICAL CALLS IN TERMS OF HOSPITALS, IF THAT.
SO A CITY THAT'S MORE OF THE, UH, UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM.
UM, AND SO WE PROVIDE THAT EMS RESPONSE, UM, AND THEY WILL TRANSPORT THEM TO THE HOSPITALS TO, TO DEAL WITH ANY MEDICAL EMERGENCIES.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? SO THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS AND ALL THOSE FACILITIES DOES NOT FALL INTO THE BUDGET, CORRECT? CORRECT.
AND THEN I DID JUST WANNA ADD TO MIKE'S, UH, COMMENT.
THERE'S ABOUT $11.4 MILLION ALLOCATED TO THREE DRAINAGE PROJECTS THAT WERE IMPACTED AS PART OF THE, UH, JUNE FLOODS.
SO IT INCLUDES GRISSOM ROAD, UH, OLD O'CONNOR ROAD, AND BY CREEK.
UH, ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? YEAH, I'M SORRY.
THE LOSS OF POTENTIAL FUNDING GAPS? OH, YEAH.
SO FEDERAL FUNDING GAP? NO, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE VERY, UH, CONSCIOUS OF SOME CHANGES WITH, UH, FEDERAL FUNDING.
AND, UM, I, I THINK, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT JAINA TALKED ABOUT, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, SOME OF THOSE GRANT FUNDED POSITIONS WERE RELATED TO GRANTS THAT EITHER EITHER EXPIRED OR MAYBE ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE BECAUSE OF SOME OF THAT.
UH, BUT IF WE HAVE MATCHING FUNDS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, IF, IF THAT GETS PULLED, THAT COULD, THAT COULD ACTUALLY KILL A PROJECT.
UM, SO I COULD DO SOME RESEARCH AND FIGURE OUT WHICH ONES, UH, IF THAT'S HAPPENED TO RECENTLY, I'M NOT, I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY OF THOSE, BUT, UH, BUT THAT IS A CONCERN AT, I THINK IT CAME UP AT SOME OF THE BUDGET CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CITY MANAGER.
UH, WE HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT'S HAPPENED AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
SO JUST TO ADD TO, WE'VE BEEN, UM, IMPACTED SOME ON OUR OPERATING SIDE.
SO OUR IMMUNIZATIONS, UH, GRANTS HAVE BEEN REDUCED.
A COUPLE OF OUR AIR QUALITY, UM, HAVE BEEN REDUCED.
BUT ON THE, ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE SIDE, WE HAVEN'T HAVE BEEN IMPACTED AS OF YET, BUT WE CONTINUE TO WATCH THAT.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE A WEEKLY COMMITTEE THAT, UM, MEETS, INCLUDES THE CITY MANAGER, THE, UH, CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
SO WE'RE TRACKING THOSE GRANTS AND WORKING, UM, TO ENSURE THAT ANY IMPACT, UH, AS A RESULT OF A LOSS OF GRANT, WE CAN COMMUNICATE WITH THE CITY MANAGER AS WELL AS WITH CITY COUNCIL.
AND JUST, JUST FOR THE COMMISSIONER'S, UH, INFORMATION, UH, 2024, THE UNIVER, UH, UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM WAS ABOUT $3 BILLION FROM THE COUNTY.
AND THAT'S PRIMARILY WHERE THAT, THAT IS BUDGETED FOR.
SO, AND I THINK IT'S TAX, THERE'S ALSO SALES TAX REVENUE THAT GOES TOWARDS THE DISTRICT, BUT, BUT THE PRIMARY ADMINISTRATIVE BODY IS THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT.
UM, BOTH OF THESE I THINK WILL BE FOR JUSTINA.
UM, SO I WANTED TO, IF WE COULD GO BACK TO THE, UM, HOMELESSNESS SLIDE.
IS THAT POSSIBLE? YEAH, THANK YOU.
SO, UM, I'M CURIOUS ABOUT, UM,
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YOU MENTIONED, I THINK YOU SAID SOMETHING LIKE 1300 ABATEMENTS MM-HMMTHAT'S, THAT'S LIKE FOUR A DAY.
SO HOW IS THAT CALCULATED? IS THAT PER SITE OR IS THAT PER INDIVIDUAL BOUNDARY WITHIN A LARGER SITE? SO IT'S 1300 ACROSS THE CITY.
SO WE HAVE, UM, THERE'S CERTAIN AREAS THAT ARE REOCCURRING SITES.
I BELIEVE THERE'S ABOUT 22 THAT ARE REOCCURRING THAT THEY'RE GONNA DO ON A, THERE'S 10 THAT ARE HIGH PRIORITY THAT THEY'RE GONNA DO WEEKLY.
UM, THERE'S ANOTHER, AND I'M SORRY, IT'S 10 THAT ARE HIGH PRIORITY 22 THAT WILL BE DONE ON A BIWEEKLY, SO EVERY OTHER WEEK.
AND THEN WHAT, WHAT HAPPENS IS WE'LL GET 3 1 1 CALLS THAT SAY THERE'S AN ENCAMPMENT AT THIS LOCATION.
AND OUR, WHAT HAPPENS IS OUR, UM, WHAT WILL BE THE HOMELESS STRATEGIC, UH, THE NEW DEPARTMENT, THEY HAVE HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAMS THAT WILL GO OUT TO COMMUNICATE WITH THOSE IN THE ENCAMPMENT TO WORK WITH THEM TO GET THEM, TRY TO GET THEM INTO A HOUSING SITUATION, EITHER THROUGH THE LOW BARRIER SHELTER HAVEN FOR HOPE OR SAM MINISTRIES.
AND THEN SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT GOES OUT AND THEY CLEAN THE, THE ENCAMPMENT.
SO IT'S NOT JUST, UM, A SITUATION WHERE PEOPLE GET CHASED OFF AND ALL OF THEIR BELONGINGS ARE COLLECTED? NO, SO WE HAVE A TEAM THAT GOES OUT, THERE'S A HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT TEAM THAT WORKS, THAT IS, WILL BE PART OF THE HOMELESS STRATEGY DEPARTMENT.
THEY, THERE'S A NOTICE THAT, UH, AT CAMON WILL BE CLEANED.
THEN THE OUTREACH TEAM GOES OUT, WORKS WITH THEIR, UH, RE THE PEOPLE LIVING IN THE ENCAMPMENT TO GET THEM SOME HOUSING OR HELP.
A LOT OF TIMES IT TAKES SEVERAL TIMES, UM, TO GAIN THAT TRUST WITH THOSE INDIVIDUALS.
BUT THE, UM, THE GOAL IS TO GET THEM INTO A SHELTER.
UM, AND THEN, UM, LOOKING AT THE, UM, POLICE DEPARTMENT BUDGET, UM, I NOTICED THE, THE INCREASE OF 360 ADDED POSITIONS, ARE ALL OF THOSE OFFICER POSITIONS, OR ARE SOME OF THEM CIVILIAN POSITIONS? NO, THOSE ARE ALL PATROL.
AND WHAT PERCENTAGE OVERALL INCREASE OF OFFICERS DOES THAT 360 REPRESENT? SO WE HAVE ABOUT 22,893 OFFICERS.
UH, 2,893 ARE APPROVED WITHIN THE 2026 BUDGET.
UM, I'D HAVE TO GET THAT PER, I DON'T KNOW THAT PERCENTAGE OFF TOP OF THE HEAD.
SO THIS IS ABOUT LIKE A 15% INCREASE MAYBE? YEAH, I'D HAVE TO.
YEAH, THAT'S ABOUT 300 OF THE 28 93.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? AGAIN, JUST TO APPRECIATE TAKING THE TIME.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE YOUR CRYSTAL BALL GETS A LITTLE FUZZY SOMETIMES WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, DO WE, ARE WE GONNA HAVE FEDERAL FUNDING? IS THE STATE LEGISLATURE GONNA IMPACT THINGS? IS THE CITY GROWTH GOING TO INCREASE OR DECREASE? SO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU'RE DOING, AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TODAY.
UH, DO ANY, UH, DIRECTOR OR STAFF UPDATES WHAT NO STAFF UPDATES FOR TODAY? ALL RIGHT.